خِلْعَةَ garment in Arabic
خِلْعَةَ is how you say “garment” in Arabic.
Root خ ل ع kh-l-ʿ. noun. khilʿa.
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Meaning of garment in Arabic
- a garment, robe Especially a garment given as a gift, echoing the related verb phrase khalaʿa ʿalayhi, 'he bestowed a garment upon him' — generally meaning a robe of honour.
Example sentence
فقد استخرج منك داء العجب، وألبست خلعة العبودية
For it extracted the disease of conceit from you, and clothed you in the garment of servitude.
خِلْعَةَ garment
khila means 'a robe of honor'; object form here, heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Tied to the root's verb khalaʿa ʿalayhi, used of taking a garment off oneself and bestowing it on another, commonly rendered 'to invest someone with a robe of honour.'
Words from the same root
- خَلَعَ to pull off, strip off, or take off (a garment, sandal, etc.)
- خُلْعٌ divorce obtained by the wife in exchange for compensation she gives up
- مُخَالَعَةٌ the mutual arrangement of releasing a wife from marriage for a compensation
- مَخْلُوعٌ one deposed, or removed from office
Common questions
- How do you say "garment" in Arabic?
- خِلْعَة (khilʿa).
- What does the root kh-l-ʿ mean in Arabic?
- It carries the sense of pulling off or taking off something (like a garment or sandal), and extends tropically to bestowing a robe of honour, deposing someone from office, and a wife-initiated divorce (khulʿ).
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).